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How Do I Create An EBSCOhost Mobile Profile In EBSCOadmin?
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

Colleagues How To Configure The EBSCOhost Mobile >>> /Gerry In order to use EBSCOhost Mobile, administrators must first create an EBSCOhost Mobile profile in EBSCOadmin and add databases to the profile. To create an EBSCOhost Mobile profile: 1.Log into EBSCOadmin at http://eadmin.ebscohost.com. 2.Click the Customize Services Tab and choose the desired user group from the Current Group drop-down list. 3.Click the Profile Maintenance link to create the new profile. 4.Click the Add a New Profile link. 5.Enter a Profile ID and Description for the EBSCOhost Mobile profile. 6.Select Mobile Smartphone from the interface drop-down menu then click Submit. 7.Click the Back To Customize Services link. To Add Databases to the EBSCOhost Mobile Profile: [MORE] Links To Full Instructions Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/yaxooqv ] /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There Is No Answer, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace

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CFP -- Digital Diasporas: Distances, Cultures, and Languages (ACLA 2010, April 1-4, New Orleans)
by Scott Kushner 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

Call for Papers/Presentations Digital Diasporas: Distances, Cultures, Languages a seminar to be held at ACLA 2010, April 1-4, New Orleans, La. Despite the continued existence of the book, the newspaper, and the scholarly journal, digital humanists are confronted with the sneaking suspicion that the internet is somehow different, a vast new space that mixes up our identities, our politics, and our languages. Networked texts give comparative literature the opportunity to ask: what exactly are we comparing? What kind of a diaspora is it when we can simultaneously be here, there, everywhere, and nowhere? Who is spreading out, where are they spreading to and from, and what might organize their itineraries? Finally, how do these texts, spaces, subjects, movements, and cultures coexist with and modify earlier media regimes? This seminar will address aspects of internet culture that cross, crush, redefine, and/or reinforce borders; that eradicate and/or extend notions of distance; that legitimate, destabilize, and/or invent linguistic practices. Potential topics include (but are certainly not limited to) blogs, Twitter feeds, YouTube, Facebook, SMS and mobile telephony, listservs, MMORPGs, lurkers, activists, hacking, art, affinity groups, citizenship, affect, nationality, gender, race, class, geographies, histories, literacies. Work representing all theoretical inclinations is welcome. Please contact Scott Kushner (scott.kushner(a)gmail.com) with questions. To receive full consideration, proposals must be submitted by Friday, November 13, at the website of the American Comparative Literature Association (http://acla.org/acla2010) where you can learn more about the conference format.

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EBSCOhostR MobileT Now Available
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

Colleagues/ Houston , We Have Reached The Tipping Point >>> /Gerry Ipswich, MA (PRWEB) November 10, 2009 -- EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) is bringing its EBSCOhost(r) databases to users-even if users are on their smartphones. EBSCO has released EBSCOhost(r) Mobile(tm) allowing researchers to access their EBSCOhost(r) databases via smartphones and other handheld devices. EBSCOhost Mobile allows us to provide users with a platform that makes the power of EBSCOhost, and its content, highly accessible on the most popular smartphones and mobile devices. [snip] All databases and services currently available on the EBSCOhost platform will be available via EBSCOhost Mobile. The EBSCOhost interface is the most-used research platform currently available in more than 100,000 libraries around the world. Since the interface is the basis for EBSCO Discovery Service(tm), EBSCOhost Mobile is poised to dramatically impact mobile searching. EBSCOhost Mobile provides a convenient way for customers using mobile devices to find quality content. The main EBSCOhost Mobile screen offers a number of options including choosing which EBSCOhost database(s) to search plus setting search options, accessing field codes and specifying preferences. [snip] Many of the existing EBSCOhost features such as search modes, limiting to full text, date ranges, peer-reviewed content or by publication are available. Users will also be able to search images from their mobile devices. The result list is scrollable and available data includes citations, Image Quick View(tm) and access to full text articles. The result list also features a relevancy indicator and users are able to email results. Clicking into a result replicates the EBSCOhost user experience providing researchers with information including author information/affiliation, links to the source, document type, subject terms, NAICS/Industry codes along with the abstract, ISSN, Accession Number, persistent links, images, links to full text, etc. The interface has been designed with a lower resolution, simplifying the interface by removing folders and some other more advanced features for increased speed and user convenience. In addition to providing access to smartphone users, EBSCOhost Mobile will also work on desktops helping libraries with low bandwidths since it uses only a fraction of the bytes compared to a traditional EBSCOhost search. EBSCOhost Mobile will also open up access to research databases to researchers in remote locations who are only able to access via satellite links. Access To The Full Press Release Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/yaxooqv ] BTW: As Always > I Am Greatly Interested In Other A&I / eBook / Etc. Mobile Initiatives / Please Report As A Comment On The Blog Entry !!! Thanks A Million !!! !!! Thanks To Kathleen McEvoy / Public Relations Manager / EBSCO Publishing / For The Heads Up !!! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There Is No Answer, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace /Gerry

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Technology research at NCA 2009
by Kris M. Markman 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

For those of you on the list who are going to NCA this week, I just wanted to call to your attention the fine set of papers and panels scheduled in the Human Communication & Technology Division. The complete HCTD program can be found here: http://brettlunceford.com/octoberHCTD/index.shtml Here are some highlights: Human Communication & Technology Division Business Meeting Fri, Nov 13 - 5:00pm - 6:15pm Building/Room: Hilton Chicago, Meeting Room 4C Nominations are being accepted for 3 leadership positions: 2nd VP, Secretary, and student representative. Please consider getting involved. Five Years Out: Exploring the Future of Human Communication and Technology Sat, Nov 14 - 12:30pm - 1:45pm Building/Room: Hilton Chicago / Boulevard AB Looking at communication and technology “Five Years Out” is a promising and exciting endeavor. Communication technologies ranging from cell phones to instant messaging have transformed our communicative landscape. For our “Five Years Out” panel HCTD has brought together experts in a variety of human communication and technology areas to discuss what is possible and likely in our increasingly mediated and technologically enhanced future as well as where the next wave of opportunities in research lie. Top Four Student Papers in Human Communication & Technology Friday, Nov 13 - 12:30pm - 1:45pm Building/Room: Hilton Chicago / Williford A Top Four Papers in Human Communication and Technology Saturday, Nov 14 - 2:00pm - 3:15pm Building/Room: Hilton Chicago / Boulevard Room C Stability and Change in Virtual Environments: Studying Communication in Second Life Saturday, Nov 14 - 12:30pm - 1:45pm Building/Room: Hilton Chicago / Meeting Room 4C Virtual Worlds and Virtual Words: The Roles of Rhetoric and Metaphor in New Media Saturday, Nov 14 - 11:00am - 12:15pm Building/Room: Hilton Chicago / Meeting Room 4C I look forward to seeing you in Chicago! -Kris Markman Co-Vice Chair, Programming, HCTD ---------- ---------- ---------- Kris M. Markman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Communication University of Memphis https://umdrive.memphis.edu/kmmrkman/www/index.html

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University of Michigan-Dearborn - tenure-stream assistant professor po sition in Film and Interactive Media
by Matthew Wy. 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

Posting this for a friend. If I weren't happy where I am I'd be applying. And not sharing. -------------------------------------------------------------- The University of Michigan-Dearborn invites applications for a tenure-stream assistant professor position in Film and Interactive Media, to teach in the Journalism and Screen Studies Discipline, initiated in Fall 2009. A Ph.D., MFA, or other terminal degree is required. Professional film and/or interactive media experience is required. A background in film history, Internet culture and media aesthetics is highly desirable, especially as it relates to the production and design of digital media, web design or gaming. Demonstrated ability and interest in teaching both film studies and digital interactive media courses is required. Familiarity with industry standard web design software is also desirable. Applications must include a cover letter (of no more than two pages), a CV, an unofficial transcript, and evidence of teaching excellence. Established in 1958 and home to the Henry Ford Estate and 70 acres of nature preserve in the heart of southeast Michigan, The University of Michigan-Dearborn is a comprehensive university offering undergraduate and graduate degrees to our 8,500 enrolled students. Michigan is actively engaged in attracting film and media producers to the state through generous tax incentives, and there have been a number of new production facilities announced for Southeastern Michigan in the past year. The University is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment, and strongly encourages applications from minorities and women. Send applications to: Journalism and Screen Studies Search Secretary, Department of Language, Culture, and Communication, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn MI 48128-1491. Queries may be directed to search committee chair Carolyn Kraus (cwells(a)umich.edu) Complete applications are due by November 30, 2009. Review of applications and screening interviews will continue until the position is filled. The University of Michigan-Dearborn is a non-discriminatory, Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. -------------------------------------------------------------- -Matthew Wysocki- She blinded me with Library Science.

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Research on "passive" social media use?
by Dominic Yeo 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

Hi Lisbeth, You might want to look up the literature on power law of participation: Adamic, L. A., & Huberman, B. A. (2002). Zipf’s law and the Internet. Glottometrics, 3(1), 143—50. Adar, E., & Huberman, B. A. (2000, October 2). Free riding on Gnutella. Retrieved October 30, 2008, from http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue5_10/adar/ Benkler, Y. (2006). The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom. Yale University Press. Mayfield, R. (2006, April 27). Power Law of Participation. Ross Mayfield's Weblog. Retrieved October 29, 2008, from http://ross.typepad.com/blog/2006/04/power_law_of_pa.html Joyce, E., & Kraut, R. E. (2006). Predicting Continued Participation in Newsgroups. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 11(3), 723-747. Lakhani, K. R., & von Hippel, E. (2003). How open source software works: "free" user-to-user assistance. Research Policy, 32(6), 923-943. Regards, Dominic ---------------------- Message: 13 Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:44:21 +0100 From: "Lisbeth Klastrup" <klastrup(a)itu.dk> To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Cc: klastrup(a)itu.dk Subject: [Air-L] Research on "passive" social media use? Message-ID: <004001ca5d5d$4d2543f0$e76fcbd0$@dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi all, A question related to what we do NOT do while spending our time on social network sites: I?m currently trying to dig up academic literature documenting in some form the numbers of active versus passive users of social media, with special focus on the passive users.? ?Active? here for the sake of argument meant in a broad sense:? uploading content, commenting, rating; and ?passive? as just watching or reading, but not interacting with content in any way.? Im basically interested in all forms of recent academic research on this, which actually provide some numbers, not just mentionings of ?rule of thumbs? or second-hand information. ? Particularly, I?d love to know if anyone has researched how many people? ?just? read status updates and do NOT comment, retweet, ?Like? them etc on sites like Facebook or Twitter. (I know it?s a tricky question and perhaps not very useful to make the distinction, since most are likely to have commented or ?liked? at some point, but then again I surmise some people are more likely to do it on a more regularly basis than others, and some are very rarely active??) What I have found so far: A 2008 OfCom report in their UK survey results reports that ?40% looks at other people?s sites (eg. SNS profiles) without leaving messages?, but does not deal with ?passivity? otherwise. A Sysomos survey of Twitter users claims to have found that 21% of people with Twitter-accounts have never tweeted (so they must be ?passive? readers of other people?s tweets?). I know of? Jenny Preece?s early work on lurkers, and Jose Van Dijck in her 2009 paper ?Users like you? Theorizing agency in user-generated content? mentions a Forrester report from 2007 ?Mapping Participation in Activities? (which you have to pay for), talking of 33% of users being passive spectators (of videos, blogs etc) and 52% ?inactives?. An OECD 2007 report ?Participative Web: User-Generated content? (according to Dijck) says more than 80% are passive recipients of content. All in all not much knowledge to go by, and mostly just numbers. And then there?s the 1/10/89 % meme, but how substantial is it: www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2006/jul/20/guardianweeklytechnologysection2 I've perused Danah Boyd?s extensive list on social network research, but at least judging from the titles of articles listed there & still unknown to me, ?passive? SNS use hasn?t really been the topic of any papers so far? So: Do any of you know of any (other) work in this area? ? I?ll be happy to do a summary here or in the social media sphere.. Lisbeth Klastrup, IT University of Copenhagen

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Word On The Street > Alexander Street Music Online To Be iPhone Accessible
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

Colleagues/ Is this a Cosmic Sign that the Beatles catalog will be on iTunes in the near future? [:-) /Gerry >>>What's better than hundreds of thousands of audio recordings, videos, scores, and pages of full-text music reference? How about accessing it all on the go? >>> In 2010 Alexander Street's entire music portfolio, Music Online, will be accessible on iPhone and iPod Touch mobile devices. Subscribers will be able to stream music and video, access scores, search and navigate full-text reference content, and even access and edit personal playlists. >>> Alexander Street's iPhone and iPod Touch application will be completely free. Updating your playlists or listening to an assigned recording will literally be just a touch away. And thanks to newly developed streaming technology, you'll do it all without buffering. Look for Alexander Street's iPhone app in 2010 on our Web site, on its blog, and through the iTunes store. Music Online is a new search tool that lets you cross-search the Alexander Street audio, video, scores, and full-text music reference collections. The full suite of music collections comprises the broadest and most comprehensive resource available for the study of classical, jazz, world, and American music. Only Music Online will deliver audio recordings, video content, full-text reference materials, musical scores, liner notes, biographies, and images - all the Alexander Street music content in your library - through a single interface. Music Online brings something entirely new to digital reference! Links Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/ybnkxef <http://tinyurl.com/ybnkxef> ] !!! Thanks To Peter Scott For The HeadsUp !!!! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There Is No Answer, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace

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CfP: From Face to Facebook: performing (im)politeness in social media environments (SymPol 2010, Basel)
by Cornelius Puschmann 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

*From Face to Facebook: performing (im)politeness in social media environments* Panel session at the 5th International Symposium on Politeness, 30 June - 2 July 2010, Basel, Switzerland (http://www.sympol.unibas.ch/) Theresa Heyd (University of Pennsylvania, USA), Cornelius Puschmann (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany) In its earliest days, politeness theory set out to identify “universals in language use” (Brown and Levinson 1978). Such claims to universality were later contested, in particular with regard to cultural variation (e.g. Wierzbicka 1991): norms of appropriateness, concepts of face and other sociopragmatic aspects are nowadays accepted to be (somewhat) culture-specific. In the light of such 'variationist' tendencies, it may be asked whether politeness and self-presentation are also medium- and technology-specific. Are there new politeness paradigms in online communication, especially in its most recent forms? Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr are “technologies of the self” (Foucault) where people do things with words in a very literal sense. Constructing a digital self via video, images and still most prominently language ("meforming"; Naaman et al. 2009) and negotiating it in exchanges with other users are central activities in social media formats. While facework could previously be classified unambiguously in terms of linguistic and non-linguistic actions, the digitally constructed self also "acts" via language when symbolically engaging in interpersonal activities such as liking, poking, friending, following, banning and muting. These linguistic quasi-actions replace the means which are available offline to indicate stance and manage impressions and therefore fulfill an important function. In a larger sense, it appears that the concept of “face” itself has taken on a new meaning in digital social media that is simultaneously more encompassing and more important: establishing and negotiating an online identity has become one of the central activities of Internet users. We particularly invite contributions on the following issues: * Constructing and maintaining face in social media * Performative and metacommunicative acts in social media * Consequences and implications of online self exposure: identity management, identity safety, privacy vs. exposure * Performing face in social media vs. Web 1.0 and pre-digital settings * The mitigation of face in online/offline interactions. This panel focuses on the related aspects of self-presentation and symbolic actions as components of digital face management. We welcome contributions addressing all forms of online communication; studies regarding more recent social media are especially welcome. Both theory-building and data-driven contributions are of interest. Abstracts (500 words max.) should be submitted by *December 1, 2009*. Please feel free to contact the panel organizers for more information: heyd(a)ldc.upenn.edu cornelius.puschmann(a)uni-duesseldorf.de References Brown, Penelope and Stephen C. Levinson. 1978. Politeness. Some Universals in Language Usage. Cambridge: CUP. Foucault, Michel. 1988. “Technologies of the self.” In Luther H. Martin, Huck Gutman and Patrick Hutton (eds) Technologies of the Self. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. 16–49. Naaman, Mor, Jeffrey Boase and Chi-Hui Lai. 2009. “Is it really about me? Message content in social awareness streams.” CSCW 2010, February 6–10, 2010, Savannah, Georgia, USA. Available at http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~mor/publications/NaamanCSCW2010.pdf<http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/%7Emor/publications/NaamanCSCW2010.pdf> Wierzbicka, Anna. 1991. Cross-Cultural Pragmatics: The Semantics of Human Interaction. Berlin: de Gruyter. ###

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Berlin Twitter Wall
by Liz 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

The Berlin Twitter Wall (http://www.berlintwitterwall.com/ ) is an interesting visual, collaborative online experiment to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It's noteworthy how international the contributions are or, at least, how many different languages are represented (I see German, English, Spanish, Portuguese & Japanese at the moment). So far, the contributions are a blend of RTs, political philosophy, statements about peace & news about associated events of the day. I'm sure this isn't the first event-specific, crowdsourced, online art projects but I wonder if with Twitter we'll see more. Liz Pullen nwjerseyliz(a)yahoo.com

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CFC - Business Organizations and Collaborative Web...
by Kamna Malik 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

Dear Colleague, You are invited to submit chapter proposal for the upcoming book - *Business Organizations and Collaborative Web: Practices, Strategies and Patterns* To be edited by Kamna Malik and Praveen Choudhary To be published by IGI Global Publishing. *Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: *- *Journey of the Web:* History and stages of growth of the web, emerging Web tools and their applications - *Individual aspects:* Knowledge entrepreneurs, competitive landscape of individuals - *Business aspects:* Global supply chains, co-creation of knowledge, products and services, changing forms of organization structure and dynamics, extent of technology friendliness, control versus trust, competitive landscape of business – practices, strategies and patterns - *Social aspects:* Emergence of the virtual world, development of communities, freedom of voice, competitive landscape for nations - *Information System aspects:* IS organization structure, future forms of information infrastructure, information security, integrity and assurance, competitive landscape of information systems function - *Ethical and Legal aspects:* IP ownership, ethical blogging, information policies and practices *Proposal Submission by: December 5, 2009* *Proposal acceptance by: December 20, 2009* *Full Chapter Submission by: March 5, 2010* Complete call for chapters is available at http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=728 Thanks and regards Kamna Malik Associate Prof, U21Global kamna.malik(a)u21global.edu.sg kamna.malik(a)gmail.com

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